Is it possible for a neutered cat to become "un-neutered"? Here's the background:
We had a 2 year old male cat who was neutered at 6 months. We assumed that the job was done correctly, but never really thought about it because we had no female cats.
About a year ago we got a female kitten. She went into heat this spring. When she went into heat this neutered male cat started spraying. This seemed strange to us, since he was neutered, but we didn't think too much about it. We ended up just keeping him outside. No big deal since all of our cats technically live outside.
Sadly, this male cat was killed in an accident about a week later.
Fast forward a couple of months: Our female cat had 5 kittens last week. Three of them look exactly like their mother and two of them are identical to this male cat. He was a big, beautiful all black cat. We don't see too many of them wandering around.
Is it possible that he fathered this litter of kittens? Since he's gone now, we have no way of knowing if his "goods" are there or not. But, these kittens sure do look like him!
We had a 2 year old male cat who was neutered at 6 months. We assumed that the job was done correctly, but never really thought about it because we had no female cats.
About a year ago we got a female kitten. She went into heat this spring. When she went into heat this neutered male cat started spraying. This seemed strange to us, since he was neutered, but we didn't think too much about it. We ended up just keeping him outside. No big deal since all of our cats technically live outside.
Sadly, this male cat was killed in an accident about a week later.
Fast forward a couple of months: Our female cat had 5 kittens last week. Three of them look exactly like their mother and two of them are identical to this male cat. He was a big, beautiful all black cat. We don't see too many of them wandering around.
Is it possible that he fathered this litter of kittens? Since he's gone now, we have no way of knowing if his "goods" are there or not. But, these kittens sure do look like him!